COURSE OUTLINE by Date, with Links and Notes

MARCH - APRIL



March:

5. Energy Transport and the Interaction of Radiation and Matter (cont'd).

read the paper on modern astrophysical opacities by Iglesias & Rogers (1996).

Mar. 1:

5.2 Conduction; 5.3 Neutrino Emission

Mar. 6:

5.4 Convection - MLT

Mar. 8:

5.4 Convection - beyond MLT

computer simulations in 3-D (Nordlund & Stein 1995).

Problem Set 2- due Apr. 3.

Mar. 13 & 15:

5.5 Stellar Atmospheres & Spectrum Synthesis

sample computer codes: Stellar Atmosphere.


Rob Rutten's Stellar Atmospheres notes (2000).


Mar. 20:

5.6 Radiation Hydrodynamics.

Instabilities:

Rayleigh-Taylor instability;
Richtmyer-Meshkov instability;
Prandtl-Glauert singularity.

Mar. 22:

6. Overview of Stellar Data & Evolution (Prof. Stanek).

Hipparcos, Astro-Physical Calculator, Solar models.

Mar. 24 - Apr. 1: Spring Recess


APRIL - MAY